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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1899
Page
2
Leslie's Weekly recounts how nearly every provincial Filipino stored savings in hidden chests rather than Manila banks. Boxes buried or concealed with complex locks held from $100 to $2,500, a practice dating to Spanish rule, revealed by American troops after Manila campaigns.
A Philadelphia Record opinion argues against linking cerebral hemorrhage to wealth or luxury. It contends arteries' disease is not caused by money and warns against newspaper speculation that a millionaire’s fortune explains his death. It urges fair wealth distribution to improve public health.
A California soldier recounts how a wounded Ygreto chief in Manila hospital spoke Cherokee like phrases. A soldier fluent in Cherokee spoke a few sentences, the two men understood each other, and friendship formed. The Overland Monthly is cited as the source, highlighting a curious ethnological item.
A Chicago Journal piece compares government employment to fly paper and glue, portraying the worker as footloose at first but gradually trapped in public service. It cites Secretary Doyle noting workers who leave for other fields then return to government roles.
Charles Ray mond aged 15 ran away from Muskegon to Chicago after seeking an education he felt his relative could not provide. He boarded a boat with 50 cents, worked a Clark Street store job, and was later joined by his traveling salesman brother David Raymond of Elgin who hosted visitors at his room and toasted the youth during a night parade at the Palmer house.
A Windsor Missouri mail contractor J R Pigg and traveling men C B Hogg of Canton Ohio and Brown Bacon of Chicago signed as guests at the Savoy hotel. The trio, strangers at first, became instant friends after clerks noted their adjacent signatures and curious patrons asked their names.
A compact note notes the paradox of wisdom and sin in rulers. It cites Solomon’s famed plurality of wives as the defining example of singularity becoming multiplicity, reflecting on human flaw amid authority.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat reports a new rail lighting system where each car carries a dynamo and storage battery. When moving at twelve mph the axle-driven dynamo powers the lights, with auto shutoff when stationary. A five minute battery check every six weeks suffices.
A Chicago photographer returned from the Arizona Nanvajo country after filming a dance and related scenes. He showed 600 Navajos the exhibition at a store, where moving pictures drew gasps and recognitions of past events including a chicken pulling contest and a trader’s dog. Indians touched the canvas and buzzed with astonishment as they watched themselves on film.
In a playful exchange from Amateur Theatricals in the New York Journal Mabel frets over lines as Jack vows to perfect the kiss scene before the curtain. The excerpt captures light backstage humor between lead players.
Fragmentary page item shows a mix of ad copy and dialogue about art distinction fashion and moral trust. It references Union Pacific trains Denver to San Francisco and Chicago routes, a Pills Cure for Consumption testimonial, and a legal subpoena line. The tone mimics early 20th century newspaper miscellany.
A grateful Ackley woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with curing years of female troubles. After unsuccessful doctor treatments she improved within days of using the remedies and advocates sharing her story to encourage others.
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